Coach Marshall at Winthrop

[Cubanbull]

What you guys think of this guy?

Eight years coaching with a record of 165-78

this year has beaten Notre dame in tourney

Beat Miss ST on the road

Beat Missouri State on the road

LOSS to Wisconsin in OT on the road

LOSS to North Carolina by 7 on the road

[CoralSpringsBull]

Coach Marshall is another young, dynamic, up and coming coach who is ready to move to a major conference. If we don't get Anthony Grant than he and/or Coach Lowery of SIU should be targets of our coaching search.

[Herman_Momart]

Ive been promoting him for weeks now.  i think they beat Oregon and walk into the sweet 16.  may be a while before we can interview him, if we do at all.  

Would be a great hire.  

[JoeB]

The Coach we had beat Notre Dame already this year.  Not that great of a feat.

[Cubanbull]

Well he didnt beat Misso state did he?

[South_Florida_Flip]

I'd like to see him on the short list of candidates we have a shot at.

[Buller64]

Gregg Marshall's eight years as a college head coach have produced great team success and personal recognition.

    He has led the Winthrop Eagles to [highlight]six NCAA tournament appearances during his eight seasons, including four consecutive trips[/highlight] during his first four years at the helm. His 2004-05 team established new Big South Conference and school records for victories as the Eagles soared to a 27-6 record and finished the season ranked No. 9 among the nation's Div. I mid-major programs. The 2005-06 team compiled a 23-7 record and came within a basket of capturing its first victory in the NCAA tournament.

    Marshall has been voted the [highlight]Big South Coach of the Year three times[/highlight] in 1999, 2003 and 2005.

    Under Marshall's leadership, Winthrop has had five 20-win seasons and have [highlight]averaged over 20 victories per year.[/highlight]  His career record now stands at a very impressive [highlight]165-78.[/highlight] During the 2005-06 season, Marshall became the winningest coach in Winthrop men's basketball history, passing Nield Gordon's mark of 161.

   He struck gold in his first year as the head coach at Winthrop as he led the Eagles to their first-ever Big South Conference regular season championship, the conference tournament title and the school’s first trip to the NCAA tournament.  He led the Eagles to another Big South tournament title in 2000 and a second trip to the Big Dance, and then made it a three-peat in 2001 as Winthrop won the conference title in exciting fashion and advanced to the first-ever opening round game in NCAA tournament history.  His 2001-02 team overcame a series of injuries to win a fourth straight conference title and earned the right to face top-ranked Duke in the NCAA tournament.

   In his first year as a head coach on any level, Winthrop compiled a 21-8 overall record including a 9-1 Big South Conference slate. Winthrop’s improvement of 14 victories over the 1997-98 year was one of the biggest turnarounds for NCAA Division I programs. Marshall also directed the Eagles to a school-record 12-game winning streak during January and February. He did this despite having his team picked to finish last in the conference in nearly every poll and national publication. He was rewarded by being voted the 1999 Big South Coach of the Year.

   In 1999-2000 the Eagles won it all again as they finished second in the regular season and then captured the Big South tournament to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA tourney.  Winthrop received a No. 14 seed, the highest ever by a Big South Conference member, as the Eagles faced Oklahoma in the West Region at Tucson, AZ.  Sports Illustrated 's NCAA preview even picked the Eagles to defeat the Sooners, but that didn't happen.  Winthrop finished the year with a 21-9 record to give Marshall a 42-17 head coaching mark after two years.

   His third year was probably his best in terms of coaching skills as Winthrop was hit hard by the injury bug, but still managed to compile a 18-13 record and its third straight Big South title and trip to the Big Dance.

Gregg Marshall Achievements In Eight Years At Winthrop

*    Led Winthrop To First Big South Conference Regular Season    Championship In 1999

*    Led Winthrop To First NCAA Tournament Appearance In 1999

*   Led Winthrop To First back-to-back Big South Conference Tournament Titles In School History in 1999 and 2000.

*   Led Winthrop To First Back-To-Back NCAA Appearances In Big South Conference History in 1999 And 2000

*    Led Winthrop To First Back-To-Back 20-Win Seasons Since School Became A NCAA Div. I Member In 1987

*    Led Winthrop To A No. 14 Seed In The 2000 And 2005 NCAA Tournaments, The Highest-ever For A Big South Conference School.

*   Captured First Big South Conference Coach Of The Year Honor In 1999.

*    Led Winthrop To First 3-Peat in Big South Conference History with a third championship In 2001.

*    Led Winthrop To A 4th Straight Big South Title In 2002.

*    Led Winthrop To A 3rd 20-win Season And The Regular Season Big South Conference Championship In 2003.

*    Was voted Big South Conference Coach of the Year in 1999, 2003 And 2005.

*     Led Winthrop To A 4th 20-win Season And The Regular Season Big South Conference Championship In 2005.

*    Led Winthrop To A School And Big South Conference Record For Wins In A Season With 27 In 2004-05.

*    Led Winthrop to its first invitational tournament championship with a 71-64 victory over host Marquette in the 2005 Pepsi Blue and Gold Classic.

*    Led Winthrop to its highest ever finish in the on-line computer rankings with a high of 67 in the USA Today Sagarin Ratings.

   His appointment as the Eagles’ head coach in April of 1998 brought the South Carolina native full circle. After being born in Greenwood, SC, Marshall spent the first 3½ years of his life on College Avenue which is located adjacent to the Winthrop campus and just a few blocks from his office in Winthrop’s 6,100-seat coliseum.

      During the two years leading up to his arrival at Winthrop, Marshall served as an assistant coach at Marshall University where he helped guide the Thundering Herd to the 1997 Southern Conference championship and before that was an assistant on John Kresse’s staff at the College of Charleston for eight years from 1988-1996 when the Cougars made the most successful transition ever from NAIA to NCAA Division I. During Marshall’s years there, the Cougars received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament in 1994 and consecutive NIT invitations in 1995 and 1996.

       While at Marshall, he recruited 1998 Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year Travis Young along with MAC All-Freshman team member Joda Burgess. The 1997 recruiting class at Marshall was ranked by ESPN as the best in the MAC and among the Top 40 in the nation. During his tenure at the College of Charleston, Marshall was instrumental in the recruitment of NBA-caliber student-athletes from the state of South Carolina that include Anthony Johnson, a current member of the Indiana Pacers, Marion Busby and Thaddeous Delaney. All three players were voted Trans-America Athletic Conference Players of the Year.

   Prior to joining Kresse’s staff in Charleston, Marshall spent one year as an assistant at Belmont Abbey College (1987-88), and two years as an assistant at his alma mater at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA, (1985-1987).  In 13 years as an assistant coach, the schools that Marshall was associated with compiled a record of 268-129 for a success rate of 68 percent.

   Marshall received a B.A. degree in economics/business in 1985 from Randolph-Macon and earned the Master’s degree in Sport Management from the University of Richmond in 1987. He is married to the former Lynn Munday of Bellingham, Washington, who earned her master’s degree from the College of Charleston. They are the parents of a son, Kellen, age 8, and a daughter, Maggie, 5.[highlight][/highlight]

[Bull Matrix]

I dont think he will leave Winthrop.

[Joe]

He might, he too the College of Charleston job for a few hours and came back to Winthrop. We will see.

[Brad]

Not my cup of tea...but hey, he could be a candidate.  I posted a story on him a month or so ago...he's making more than RMc did, but not much more - around $260,000 I think.  I don't think he's the guy we'd drop 600-800K on, but I could obviously be wrong on both $ amount and hire.